An American Childhood
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Sprache:Englisch
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ePUB
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
13.10.2009
Verlag
HarperCollinsSeitenzahl
272 (Printausgabe)
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780061843136
"An American Childhood more than takes the reader's breath away. It consumes you as you consume it, so that, when you have put down this book, you're a different person, one who has virtually experienced another childhood." Chicago Tribune
A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s and 60s.
Dedicated to her parentsfrom whom she learned a love of language and the importance of following your deepest passionsthis brilliant coming-of-age memoir captures a girl's intellectual awakening with a vividness that will resonate with anyone who has ever recalled with longing playing baseball on an endless summer afternoon, caring for a pristine rock collection, or knowing in your heart that a book was written just for you.
It is a time and place captured with unforgettable clarity-a world built from moments of both breathtaking wonder and startling discovery.
- A Vivid Mid-Century Childhood: Step into the streets, backyards, and leafy neighborhoods of 1950s Pittsburgh, a world of snowball fights, terrifying nuns, and the startling beauty of a girl skating alone under a streetlight.
- A Mind in the Making: Follow a young girl's journey of discovery as she unravels the world through library books on everything from microbe hunting to rock collecting, finding the universe in a drop of pond water.
- Unforgettable Family Stories: Meet a father who quits his job to chase a dream down the Mississippi, and a mother who teaches her daughters to question everything-a family full of wit, love, and complexity.
- Literary Nonfiction Masterpiece: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, this beautifully written memoir is a profound exploration of what it means to be awake and alive in the world.
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